--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long <sharelong60@...> wrote:
>
> I see myself as someone who recognizes that everybody is a mix of developed
> and developing aspects; and that as such everybody makes mistakes; and that a
> way to have worthwhile relationships is to proceed on that basis with a
> willingness to both forgive and apologize, make amends, intend to do better
> and then move forward.   Â
>
>
> I'm feeling compassionate and reasonable as I reply. In your 7 questions in
> a row, I sense some openness and also some challenge. Are those what you
> felt when you wrote?Â
>
>
> As for what is at stake here, seems like life's always either growing or
> resting. Both good when balanced. Neither good when unbalanced.  Â
This makes Mao's Little Red Book seem like Hamlet. The stockbroker drinking his
Latte inside the Twin Towers when the Boeing 767 airplane hit: Share's version:
He probably spilled his coffee. And the jumpers from the 110th floor, did they
come down with a feathery landing, Share? Have you had a talk with the Taliban
recently? Been hit with an IED? You don't feed an lion an ice-cream cone. Ayaan
Hirsi Ali meets Tammy Faye Baker. Uday and Qussay: no quantum light weavers,
those boys.
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> From: awoelflebater <no_re...@yahoogroups.com>
> To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Monday, October 1, 2012 8:32 AM
> Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: today PS
>
>
> Â
>
>
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Share Long <sharelong60@> wrote:
> >
> > Also Ravi, do you recognize a third group of posters who act as bridges
> > between the Robin and Barry factions?ÃÂ It's not all Hatfields and Mccoys
> > on FFL!ÃÂ Some aim to be compassionate and reasonable, seeing thatÃÂ
> > BOTH sides contribute to the disharmony, each in its own way.ÃÂ ShareÃÂ
>
> Am I a Hatfield or a McCoy? Am I a bridge? Am I compassionate and reasonable?
> How do you see yourself? Is this a "feud" or something else? What is at stake
> here if anything? How do you feel?
> >
> >
> >
> > ________________________________
> > From: Share Long <sharelong60@>
> > To: "FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com" <FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com>
> > Sent: Monday, October 1, 2012 5:56 AM
> > Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] today
> >
> >
> > ÃÂ
> > Ravi, thanks for saying this truth about FFL being a dysfunctional
> > family.ÃÂ Do you think, as I do, that there is dysfunction on BOTH sides
> > of the feud?ÃÂ I know you place yourself on one side of the feud but I'm
> > wondering if you see how both sides play a part in the disharmony.ÃÂ Share
> >
> >
> >
> > ________________________________
> > From: Ravi Chivukula <chivukula.ravi@>
> > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com
> > Sent: Sunday, September 30, 2012 10:46 PM
> > Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] today
> >
> >
> > ÃÂ
> >
> >
> >
> > On Sun, Sep 30, 2012 at 8:44 PM, awoelflebater <no_re...@yahoogroups.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> >
> > >ÃÂ
> > >What a truly extraordinary day today on FFL. So much truth, so much
> > >sincerity, so much wisdom. Are we a family yet?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> > Was it ? :-). We are dear Ann - one big dysfunctional family.
> >
>